3 Schedule Requests: 1S/1D/4T, 1S/1D/6T, & 1S/1D/10T

[imnotreal]

I have three requests, all consisting of leagues with only one division:

First, a four-team league with 120 games played, balanced to 40 against each opponent. 3-game series with one day off per week (Monday or Thursday) and a Friday start date.

Second, a six-team league with 120 games played, balanced to 24 against each opponent. Same format of 3-game series with one day off per week (Monday or Thursday) and a Friday start date.

Third, a ten-team league with 126 games played, balanced to 14 against each opponent. Season starts and ends with one game against each team, spread over ten days, beginning Friday and with Monday off, balanced for facing each opponent once at home and once away. Remaining 108 games take the familiar format of 3-game series with one day off per week (Monday or Thursday).

If needed for construction, all schedules can be set to beginning the first Friday on/after April 15. Thank you for any/all help!

[gmo]

I have a handle on the six-team but have questions about the other two.

I think I get the ten-team, but want to confirm... The first 18 games are across three weeks (Fri-Sun, off Mon, Tue-Thu) with one game home and one away against each of the other nine teams. Then on the Friday immediately after that start the 3-game series that make the rest of the schedule.

For the four-team, 40 games per opponent with 20 home and 20 away - that does not break down to even 3-game series. Need either one more or two less both home and away to get to 21 or 18 for that. Maybe do something like with the ten-team? As in like, have the first two weeks be six 2-game "series" then have the 3-game series after that.

[imnotreal]

For the ten-team schedule, I was thinking that the first nine games are Fri-Sun, off Mon, Tue-Sun, all as a single-game series against the other teams in the league. Then the three-game series format begins and last 36 series/108 games, and upon the conclusion of that, there is a final section of nine games across ten days where teams play the reverse fixture of the start of the season (e.g., Team 1 @ Team 2 on Opening Day, then Team 2 @ Team 1 in the final 9 games of the season). However, it's worth noting that I was mostly just thinking of a way to get a weekly schedule & regular days off with that number of games, so if there's a modification that makes schedule-building easier for you, feel free to make it.

For the four-team, you are of course absolutely correct. My inclination would be to move to two-game series for the whole thing, with each team playing one series against each other every week and Monday always off.

I'm also realizing that I didn't mention start times for any of them; that's not particularly important (I'm usually not managing) but if you haven't started the four- and ten-team schedules yet, weekend day games would be appreciated. Thank you for the work/help!

[gmo]

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# 4 team schedule, 120 games
# Designed for the following configuration:
# 1 subleague with 1 division with 4 teams
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# 40 games against 3 other teams in division (20H/20A)
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# First two weeks involve single 2-game series both home and away
# against each of other teams
# Rest of season involves 3-game series
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# All teams have one offday each week, Monday or Thursday,
# except for possibly Tuesday in first two week
#
# No homestands or roadtrips longer than 9 games
#
# Teams play 10 weekends at home
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# All weekday game times set at 7:05pm
# All weekend game times set at 1:05pm
#
# Season begins first Friday on or after April 15
# Season ends first Wednesday on or after August 31
# Season spans 139 days
#
# No All-Star Game set because of 1-division configuration
#
# Posted 2024/06/05
#

[gmo]

#
# 4 team schedule, 120 games
# Designed for the following configuration:
# 1 subleague with 1 division with 4 teams
#
#
# 40 games against 3 other teams in division (20H/20A)
#
#
# All 2-game series
# One series played against each opponent each week
#
# All teams have one offday each week on Monday
#
# No homestands or roadtrips longer than 6 games
#
# Teams play 10 weekends at home
#
# All weekday game times set at 7:05pm
# All weekend game times set at 1:05pm
#
# Season begins first Tuesday on or after April 15
# Season ends first Sunday on or after August 31
# Season spans 139 days
#
# No All-Star Game set because of 1-division configuration
#
# Posted 2024/06/05
#

[gmo]

#
# 6 team schedule, 120 games
# Designed for the following configuration:
# 1 subleague with 1 division with 6 teams
#
#
# 24 games against 5 other teams in division (12H/12A)
#
#
# All 3-game series
#
# All teams have one offday each week, Monday or Thursday
#
# No homestands or roadtrips longer than 9 games
#
# Teams play 10 weekends at home
#
# All weekday game times set at 7:05pm
# All weekend game times set at 1:05pm
#
# Season begins first Friday on or after April 15
# Season ends first Wednesday on or after August 31
# Season spans 139 days
#
# No All-Star Game set because of 1-division configuration
#
# Posted 2024/06/05
#

[gmo]

#
# 10 team schedule, 126 games
# Designed for the following configuration:
# 1 subleague with 1 division with 10 teams
#
#
# 14 games against 9 other teams in division (7H/7A)
#
#
# First 9 games are all single games against each opponent
# Final 9 games are all single games against each opponent,
# reversing home/away of the first games
# Otherwise all 3-game series
#
# All teams have one offday each week, Monday or Thursday
#
# No homestands or roadtrips longer than 9 games
#
# Teams play 31-32 weekend (Fri/Sat/Sun) games at home
#
# All weekday game times set at 7:05pm
# All weekend (Sat/Sun) game times set at 1:05pm
#
# Season begins first Friday on or after April 15
# Season ends first Thursday on or after September 8
# Season spans 147 days
#
# No All-Star Game set because of 1-division configuration
#
# Posted 2024/06/05
#

[imnotreal]

Thank you!